"The Task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility, and evil with activity, as of then happens in old-time discipline. . . A room in which all the children move about usefully, intelligently, and voluntarily, without committing any rough or rude act, would seem to me a classroom very well disciplined indeed." Maria Montessori

Strong Supporters of the Montessori Method

Thomas Edison: scientist, inventor and founder of a Montessori schoolErik Erikson: noted anthropologist, author and trained Montessori teacherAlexander Graham Bell: eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovatorJean Piaget: noted Swiss psychologist and head of the Swiss Montessori SocietyMister Rogers: children’s television personality and strong supporter of Montessori educationHelen Keller: American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to earn a BA degreeHenry Ford: American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor CompanyMahatma Gandhi: led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the worldSigmund Freud: Austrianneurologist who became known as the founding father of psychoanalysisLeo Tolstoy: Russian writerBertrand Russell: British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, and social criticJohn Holt: American author and educatorthe Dalai Lama: Buddhist monk and spiritual leader of TibetCher: American singer and actressYul Brynner: Russian-born United States-based actor of stage and filmBill and Hillary Clinton: 52nd US President and 67th US Secretary of StateYo Yo Ma:Americancellist and Grammy Award Winner